Independent thinking for complex markets and current events
For years, California politicians talked about taxing big tech. Now they found a way to tax the software almost everyone uses. Starting January 1, 2027, California’s new rules will apply sales tax to a huge range of pre-written digital software and SaaS products. Gavin Newsom’s new software tax goes way beyond corporate softwares, California Democrats …
All these people will now be forced quarantined for 41 days 🚨🇺🇸 The audio from United 979 sounds like the opening scene of every disaster movie: "It's basically a medical emergency. We have a possible Ebola case on board." The flight has landed in the US. Now we wait to find out what happens next.pic.twitter.com/GMQSo7RFOg …
Wholesale prices just jumped 6% as energy costs skyrocket… It now takes a $116,000 annual income just to afford a basic home… The median household only brings in $69,000 while prices outpace wages… Hardworking Americans are being demoted to the lower middle class by force… The most recent notable period when US inflation consistently outpaced …
🇺🇸🇮🇷 A recession is coming, and most people won't see it until it's too late. Energy Economist Anas Alhajji explains why the official numbers are lying to you. "Don't be fooled by the stock market going up. The first official data of a recession is going to come out. We are… https://t.co/3hzrU37ROP pic.twitter.com/t8nbWqglLZ — Mario …
BUFFETT SAYS US HAS NEVER HAD MORE INVESTORS IN A "GAMBLING MOOD" BUT OPPORTUNITIES STILL EXIST — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) May 2, 2026 Berkshire Hathaway Q1 2026 highlights: • $373.5 billion of cash • $10.4 billion of net operating cash flow • $234.2 million spent on share repurchases across Class A and Class B shares …
This takes me back to 1998 COPPA when the government first stepped into how kids use the internet. The New York Childrens Online Safety Act will ban anyone under 18 from chatting online. “All social media platforms under NYCOSA would be required to turn off open chat functions, which allow adults to instantly and privately …
Sounds like one full time person might be too much, maybe they can split an office with someone else 😆🤷smh wtf pic.twitter.com/nMp1iJwWCX — Mattyferari (@Mattyferari) April 22, 2026 Factcheck: Yes, RFK Jr.’s statement is accurate. CDC data confirms 1-3 human rabies cases per year in the US on average (17 total from 2015-2024, often fewer …
Trading in this market pic.twitter.com/utpBBxlFDT — Chris (@itsCblast) April 2, 2026 If someone told you oil prices were up 11% and the S&P 500 was basically flat, what would you immediately think had happened? pic.twitter.com/6tUNX73Ke8 — Mike Bird (@Birdyword) April 2, 2026 BREAKING: OIL BREAKS OUT TO A NEW WEEKLY HIGH ! pic.twitter.com/qn9GQsuT2W — Data …
🚨🇨🇳🇮🇷 China’s basically calling in a favor with Iran, asking them to let Qatari LNG ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Not surprising. Around 45% of China’s energy imports move through that route, so if it stays blocked, Beijing’s supply takes a big hit. Beijing… https://t.co/sxniO0ktes pic.twitter.com/CRqOUSXnx2 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 6, 2026 …
BREAKING: Jim Cramer comments on the Iran war: “I don't see a path to de-escalation,” he says. pic.twitter.com/2w7n72UCcU — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 9, 2026 JP Morgan basically saying no bottom yet in stocks. "The equity markets typically make a low at the point of the most negative sentiment, and we would not be …
🚨🇨🇳🇮🇷 China’s basically calling in a favor with Iran, asking them to let Qatari LNG ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Not surprising. Around 45% of China’s energy imports move through that route, so if it stays blocked, Beijing’s supply takes a big hit. Beijing… https://t.co/sxniO0ktes pic.twitter.com/CRqOUSXnx2 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 6, 2026 …
https://twitter.com/ClownWorld/status/2024371402577441273
So they bailed it out basically. Typical. https://t.co/82exgfTaZu — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) February 8, 2026
chipotle finally admitting the “core user” is a six-figure adult paying $14 to feel like a broke college kid again. pic.twitter.com/bVV9UbDEsA — SLEPE (@SlepeOnBase) February 7, 2026 That company is cooked. You don’t talk about customers like they’re ATMs unless you’ve already given up on the product. First it’s higher prices, then smaller portions, then …
🇨🇦 Household debt to GDP at 98.9% of GDP. pic.twitter.com/51FUUZq6w4 — Alex Joosten (@joosteninvestor) January 23, 2026 A new Food Banks Canada report shows an estimated 25 % of Canadians cannot afford two or more household essentials, suggesting roughly one in four people are living at a poverty level far higher than the official 10 …
Trump orders cuts, Congress says nope. Daniel Horowitz @RMConservative Republicans are basically passing nearly every aprops bill with near-unanimous support from Dems. So everything Trump planned to defund or issued an EO to cut or change is getting funded at Biden levels. Certain things like HUD, section 8, rental grift and housing bubble inducing policies …
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said he would be “more polite” about criticizing Europe, when asked if he thought Trump’s foreign policy was good for America https://t.co/2NAZh57avW pic.twitter.com/qVtOINRU2U — Bloomberg (@business) January 21, 2026 Jamie Dimon gets real at Davos. pic.twitter.com/ec6k0pXIWt — Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) January 21, 2026 JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon: My goal is to …
Goldman: If the outlook on AI capex were to change dramatically, a reversion of long-term growth estimates back to early 2023 levels would imply 15-20% downside to the current valuation multiple of the S&P 500 according to GS Research macro valuation model. An extreme scenario in which the hyperscalers cut capex back to 2022 levels …
A Manhattan judge has ordered OpenAI to provide the Daily News and other news outlets with millions of anonymous chats between ChatGPT and its users in a major ongoing copyright infringement case. In a nine-page order made public Wednesday, Manhattan Magistrate Judge Ona Wang denied OpenAI’s request to reconsider her November ruling requiring the tech …
Basically cutting rates to 0 by end of next year https://t.co/jy5Cbb8oAU — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) December 3, 2025 Grok: Scott Bessent, Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary, wants more White House say in picking Federal Reserve regional bank leaders. He’d require them to have lived in their area for 3+ years and might veto nominees who don’t. …
Trump threatened Maduro in a telephone conversation and demanded his immediate resignation. Maduro told him to fuck off. Maduro is with his people in Caracas today. No bulletproof glass to protect him from his own people. pic.twitter.com/U3xOUAHowI — Sentletse 🇿🇦🇷🇺🇵🇸🇱🇧 (@Sentletse) December 1, 2025 On Sunday, the US president confirmed the call had taken place, …
Over f’n cooking oil!!!! pic.twitter.com/ePUCoIcxSr — Israel75 (@IFNY2775) October 14, 2025 So we continue to escalate things instead of finding solutions: pic.twitter.com/4sPEs67KgR — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 14, 2025 BREAKING: China says it will “fight to the end” if US wants a trade war. — Leading Report (@LeadingReport) October 14, 2025 Somebody is getting very …
If your bike vanishes from a train station after sitting there for more than two hours, the police will not investigate. No CCTV checks. No proper report. Unless you somehow hand them exact timestamps and a suspect description, they will not lift a finger. If your bike is under £200 in value, forget it. Technically …
👀 👀 I agree. pic.twitter.com/8TTNmf6XHZ — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 1, 2025 Speaking at the recent “All In Summit,” Musk described his stint in Washington as “a hell of a side quest” and didn’t hold back when asked what he’d learned [1]. “The government is basically unfixable,” he declared, drawing laughter — and then applause …
Europe is being forced to confront its dependence on U.S. protection. Countries on Russia’s border will either spend heavily on defense or expose themselves to strategic collapse. Europe’s scramble to fund Ukraine’s security proves Trump’s strategy works—forcing allies to pay their share instead of draining U.S. taxpayers. NATO members stepping up? That’s the America First …
The UK is basically just a meme, at this point. pic.twitter.com/xdDDNOh86F — The Conservative Alternative (@OldeWorldOrder) August 20, 2025 Ex-boxer jailed for racially offensive posts https://t.co/xckP3FS83c — BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 13, 2024 A young man was arrested in the UK for saying he loves bacon, which is offensive to Muslims.🤦🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/akwhpIQxm7 — Don …
This is, without exaggerating, one of the most extraordinary things a US Treasury Secretary ever said. It should be mandatory viewing for all citizens of US “allies”, Europeans first and foremost. What Bessent is saying is that the US will now treat US allies’ wealth as an American “sovereign wealth fund” (his words), “directing” them, …
https://twitter.com/realchaosgenius/status/1902222907679351033 I agree 100% with Elon. Destroying property because you don't like Elon or Tesla or DOGE or anything that represents all of the above is not the solution. Protest all you want, but to set things on fire like this and destroy property and potentially get people hurt. Stupid. https://t.co/vxe9aRmup4 — Heisenberg (@Mr_Derivatives) March …
by Ok-Lake-6435 $NVDA is collaborating with many companies (that’s a slide from their presentation)
Correct @joerogan…the Conspiracy Theorists were right… “The House released a 500 page report on the ‘Pandemic’. They basically said all of the conspiracy theorists were correct. Every single one of them. No repercussions…no apologies. None of it…” pic.twitter.com/bcOo9ERNyp — Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill10) December 5, 2024 Summary: https://oversight.house.gov/release/final-report-covid-select-concludes-2-year-investigation-issues-500-page-final-report-on-lessons-learned-and-the-path-forward/ Actual document: https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024.12.04-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT-ANS.pdf h/t Educational_Ice_6077